von Merve Yilmaz | Dienstag, November 5, 2019 | Practice, Practice receptive skills
Within your literary studies, you will sooner or later be confronted with the task of finding rhetorical devices. You should be aware that it is not enough to simply find a stylistic device. More importantly, you should be able to explain its significance for the...
von Susannah | Dienstag, September 17, 2019 | Learn, Writing effectively
For many it goes without saying, but often students at the beginning of their studies have to get used to what is meant by both academic writing and critical thinking. Both are important features of scientific thought and integrally related to one another as well....
von Susannah | Freitag, September 6, 2019 | Learn, Writing effectively
Not long ago I was asked to offer input on how to write a literature review for a long paper or thesis in the Humanities. There are many websites that treat this subject matter, but I will try to compile the most important information here. Literature reviews are...
von Susannah | Montag, September 2, 2019 | Learn, Reading skills
Reading in a foreign language brings challenges at several levels. If your personal issue is dealing with many new words, you will find help in another post. However, the subtlety of academic language is also often a greater challenge to those seeking to bring a...
von Merve Yilmaz | Mittwoch, Mai 29, 2019 | Learn, Writing effectively
As we have already explained in this other post, there are specific guidelines and conventions which clarify when to use direct quotes in your academic paper. In the following, we will specify how direct quotes should be implemented correctly. The following rules...